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the local issues. the old m.t.a., the clearances, the roads, and the grading of the railroad is much lower because it originally was not a passenger idea. it was a freight idea. most of the railroads came up the, riverbeds where the factories were. because they could dump their fluids. they could get the water and pollute the river. transportation wise is like two different countries. guest: the question about reliability and the frequency of some facilities era -- and services. i do not know whether you are talking about particularly a local system. connecticut transit is much much too fragmented. i'm sorry to say that when i was commissioner did not try harder to consolidate the system at, as they do in new jersey, so you essentially have a single provider. it helps to keep the facilities open, like you mentioned. in those eastern states, in many ways they were passenger rail in many cases. not all, by any means. there was a mix of passenger and freight. if you use metro-north to go into new york, so
the local issues. the old m.t.a., the clearances, the roads, and the grading of the railroad is much lower because it originally was not a passenger idea. it was a freight idea. most of the railroads came up the, riverbeds where the factories were. because they could dump their fluids. they could get the water and pollute the river. transportation wise is like two different countries. guest: the question about reliability and the frequency of some facilities era -- and services. i do not know...
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this is what we have seen in some people's local communities. some of the young people don't have those opportunities and are looking in ways they can address the challenges in their communities. host: a look at the view of the vote and how balanced out in campaign 2008 -- guest: young people are a diverse population. 32% of 18-29 years old voted for senator mccain and this is something we need to factor in when speaking out to young people. host: abby is from tufts university. the website is civicyouth.org. good morning caller:. i want to give thanks to seize them for doing what you all do. i disagree with del lady -- with a lady. i believe the youth of boat -- vote means we are fed up with what is going on. we will not just talk about it. when need to start being americans again and not republicans or democrats. there is nothing we cannot accomplish. host: al engaged are you? do you talk to your friends about their vote? caller: i am volunteering my time. i'm doing a whole lot more compared to other young folks. if you want to make an impact,
this is what we have seen in some people's local communities. some of the young people don't have those opportunities and are looking in ways they can address the challenges in their communities. host: a look at the view of the vote and how balanced out in campaign 2008 -- guest: young people are a diverse population. 32% of 18-29 years old voted for senator mccain and this is something we need to factor in when speaking out to young people. host: abby is from tufts university. the website is...
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what is the difference between state and local response is like verses the cdc? guest: the latest case of the steroid injection started and massachusetts allegedly but the first case was in tennessee. many, many states were involved. that means you have to have a robust federal presence as well as state and local presence. that means disease detectives of the state and local level and detectives at the national level. host: phone call in from nashville, tennessee. hcaller: would you please speak to the growing epidemic of obesity and how we use federal dollars to limit sugar consumption for children much like alcohol and tobacco, which seems to be a global crisis. guest: let me just own upright of front, i am not that this guy in the world, so i understand the challenges of mound -- around maintaining your weight. having said that, every american should do that. the first up is what we can do ourselves to try to improve our health. there are many of the things that can happen. we know this epidemic has grown in kids. i am an internal medicine doctor in my origina
what is the difference between state and local response is like verses the cdc? guest: the latest case of the steroid injection started and massachusetts allegedly but the first case was in tennessee. many, many states were involved. that means you have to have a robust federal presence as well as state and local presence. that means disease detectives of the state and local level and detectives at the national level. host: phone call in from nashville, tennessee. hcaller: would you please...
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the local news. i think it gets pretty much just as widespread coverage nationally as it does in the local media. guest: democrats held a national convention in charlotte, this summer. the obama campaign has admitted in the last few days that north carolina is now out of their reach. having their convention there has had no impact on all on his prospects. host: summed weakening in responding to the conversation this morning. -- some tweaks responding to the conversation this morning. perhaps it's time we knowledge that women are no more homogenous in voting that are other suburbs of society. and here is another one. why do democrats want to divide americans in the groups against each other anyway? here is another call. caller: with all of this information over the years telling people which way things are going with polls, which those are strictly surveys and are unreliable. i am just wondering, how does the working man c'mon -- the working man, which is 97%, come up with a winner? tricky dick.ted fo
the local news. i think it gets pretty much just as widespread coverage nationally as it does in the local media. guest: democrats held a national convention in charlotte, this summer. the obama campaign has admitted in the last few days that north carolina is now out of their reach. having their convention there has had no impact on all on his prospects. host: summed weakening in responding to the conversation this morning. -- some tweaks responding to the conversation this morning. perhaps...
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she has been up there for year- and-a-half talking about a local message for those counties bursa's the kind of national grandstanding. right now, she is running against a longtime incumbent, although he is not an incumbent in that district. the 39 counties in that district and congressman king has already represented 19 of them. his brand is pretty much baking a cake. it's hard for him to back off some of the rhetorical flourishes he has used. we have an incredibly interesting races underneath the president. host: sue dvorsky, chairman of the iowa democratic party. republican caller. good morning. caller: i watch the sunday news shows to try to get all sides of the issues. i would like to know what kind of impact on iowa voters is the white house cover-up of the bank of the terror attacks happening -- having? guest: the morning. i know this i know quite slamming into you, but i hope that all of your sick on the east coast. the very complicated set of circumstances, both in been gauzy and libya in general in the part of the world, i really believe that those not lend itself to easy poli
she has been up there for year- and-a-half talking about a local message for those counties bursa's the kind of national grandstanding. right now, she is running against a longtime incumbent, although he is not an incumbent in that district. the 39 counties in that district and congressman king has already represented 19 of them. his brand is pretty much baking a cake. it's hard for him to back off some of the rhetorical flourishes he has used. we have an incredibly interesting races underneath...
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guest: and even some local one. host: i want to read this e- mail. guest: she is my kind of gal. host: can you speak to that tie? andt: i'm close to her age i think the baby boomer women do feel close to this. their work dispensing birth control out of the back of the infirmary when i went to college. we remember these issues in a personal way. planned parenthood has been around for 99 years. family planning and help with fertility, mammogram screening, prevented screening. this is a visceral issue for the baby boomer women. host: is president obama targeting of that female voters specifically? guest: he is. he is talking about how mitt romney reaffirmed that position wants to do away with planned parenthood. planned parenthood's favorability is 69% right now, it is more popular than the president or his challenger. host: favoring the democrats in 1992. guest: that is right. catholic women have favorable attitudes towards planned parenthood. most catholic women sitting in mass -- host: let's go next to nancy in nevada. caller: good morning. .'m voting for mitt romney i have said
guest: and even some local one. host: i want to read this e- mail. guest: she is my kind of gal. host: can you speak to that tie? andt: i'm close to her age i think the baby boomer women do feel close to this. their work dispensing birth control out of the back of the infirmary when i went to college. we remember these issues in a personal way. planned parenthood has been around for 99 years. family planning and help with fertility, mammogram screening, prevented screening. this is a visceral...
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and which is was also -- wisconsin also has a huge number of local government. wisconsin is about 5.35 million people. we have about 1,850 local units of government. so there's a lot of bureaucracy there. so we put some commonsense changes into place to try to bring order a little bit to. so elections. look, acorn and some of those groups don't like it, but the voters consistently, and also in the voter i.d. bill, 71% of the people in wisconsin want add voter i.d. bill. we gave it to them. and now it's caught up in the courts. host: patty from houston, texas, good morning. democrats line. caller: yes. how are you all doing this morning? host: fine, thank you. go right ahead. caller: i'm going to ask this gentleman here, i'm in houston and i'm going to ask him if romney was so good with jobs, why don't he have plants and everything there, if he's so good with jobs and everything, he can count that. president obama has presented a lot of jobs. so many, so many months, and also with his republican house, he could have been -- instead of going -- talk more of the re
and which is was also -- wisconsin also has a huge number of local government. wisconsin is about 5.35 million people. we have about 1,850 local units of government. so there's a lot of bureaucracy there. so we put some commonsense changes into place to try to bring order a little bit to. so elections. look, acorn and some of those groups don't like it, but the voters consistently, and also in the voter i.d. bill, 71% of the people in wisconsin want add voter i.d. bill. we gave it to them. and...
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if you are local automobile dealer trying to sell your cars, you really have a hard time getting your ads in. it's nonstop. so you see a positive ad for the president and then a - 1. and then the same for governor romney. -- a positive ad for the president and then a negative ad, and then the same for governor romney. it can get confusing. i'm sure voters are confused to some degree at. this at host: when you look at party registration in new hampshire, republican, 32%, democrats, 28%. and declared voters in new hampshire, that they make up 40% of registered voters. how are candidates appealing to that 40%? guest: that is what you are looking at if you are candidates, those undeclared voters. there are 300 $10,000 them in new hampshire. many political scientists believe that they may claim to be declared at the local ballot but when they go to vote, that they traditionally lean one way or another. -- there are 3000,000 of them in new hampshire, and declared voters. in new hampshire behalf two congressmen. we have the first and second congressional district. a second district liens dem
if you are local automobile dealer trying to sell your cars, you really have a hard time getting your ads in. it's nonstop. so you see a positive ad for the president and then a - 1. and then the same for governor romney. -- a positive ad for the president and then a negative ad, and then the same for governor romney. it can get confusing. i'm sure voters are confused to some degree at. this at host: when you look at party registration in new hampshire, republican, 32%, democrats, 28%. and...
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in florida, this is a hot issue on the local ballot. we have an amendment up for voters that would be fiercely -- officially declare that florida will not participate in president obama's health care reforms, that the state would not have any role in expanding medicaid. we think federal law will treat any state action. the republican-dominated politicians in tallahassee are still making it the primary issue. there is a bit of fear mongering going on. both camps trying to take advantage and paid their posts theirpain -- paint their foes in a negative light? host: who are you voting for? caller: i am voting for the winner, president barack obama. rick scott came in. his platform was let's get back to work. from the time he got into office, he started laying off people. nobody is looking at these things and seen what is going on. host: 84 the call. mark simpson? guest: governor scott did come on the platform in trying to create jobs. that is assuming he gets another term. one issue that is important locally but does not get much play on th
in florida, this is a hot issue on the local ballot. we have an amendment up for voters that would be fiercely -- officially declare that florida will not participate in president obama's health care reforms, that the state would not have any role in expanding medicaid. we think federal law will treat any state action. the republican-dominated politicians in tallahassee are still making it the primary issue. there is a bit of fear mongering going on. both camps trying to take advantage and paid...
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l guest: -- in their local grange hall? guest: there are different groups you can join in our community. my wife and i discovered the grange years ago. they have been there since 1902, 110 years. gran in thege united states has been active since 1867. it is a good group. it is the one that closest fits out our values. host: let's go to alan from clearwater, florida on the independent line. are on with krist novoselic. caller: one of the problems we get into is that we want all or nothing. the electoral college, we have a guide -- a guy saying get rid of it. as an amendment. wyoming has three electoral is. one is republican and one is democrat -- electors and what is republican and one is democrat. he did not have enough to win the election. that you point counts. guest: it is up to the state to determine the matter of how electors --stay slim their -- all stays of their elector of fours into how the people vote. an interstate compact with this individual state agrees on the compact to give their electoral votes to the winne
l guest: -- in their local grange hall? guest: there are different groups you can join in our community. my wife and i discovered the grange years ago. they have been there since 1902, 110 years. gran in thege united states has been active since 1867. it is a good group. it is the one that closest fits out our values. host: let's go to alan from clearwater, florida on the independent line. are on with krist novoselic. caller: one of the problems we get into is that we want all or nothing. the...
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the local paper reported another affair. this is a race were a couple of timely documented dumps have made which should be a competitive contest into something that is actually a close race. host: what about this presidential election? what could be that already happened be an october surprise? guest: will seen it to game changing moments. one mitt romney a's video about the 47% -- his comment back in may, when that video came out, republicans across the country saw their poll numbers drop almost overnight. it had people really scared the democratic wave would develop. and because it was so damaging, it went straight to the heart of a the worst characters of the republican party that really cause a dramatic change, not only in the down about races, but also in the presidential contest. it got so far apart for a little bit that it looked like some of the outside groups might decide to give up on mitt romney's chances and work as fortifying the republican base. and then president obama decided to not through his first debate i
the local paper reported another affair. this is a race were a couple of timely documented dumps have made which should be a competitive contest into something that is actually a close race. host: what about this presidential election? what could be that already happened be an october surprise? guest: will seen it to game changing moments. one mitt romney a's video about the 47% -- his comment back in may, when that video came out, republicans across the country saw their poll numbers drop...
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sales, property, state and local, federal. in the most recent year we have numbers for come up 47% of people did not pay federal income taxes, but over half of them paid payroll taxes. if you look at the people who did not pay either federal income or payroll, that's only 18% of the population. 60% of those people are elderly. we give them a break by not taxing their social security and come unless they have a lot of other income as well. if you look at the tax system as a whole, it's basically flat. people in the state of washington, the bottom 20% a 17% while the top only pays about 2%. the federal income-tax system barely makes up for how regressive other types are. everyone pays taxes. host: on twitter -- did you would like to share your opinion, you can write to @cspanwj. let's look at more details from president obama's plan for individual taxes. he would keep tax rates for people making less than $250,000 for the way they are. raise the top income bracket to 36% and 36.9%. raise taxes on dividends. household over $1 mil
sales, property, state and local, federal. in the most recent year we have numbers for come up 47% of people did not pay federal income taxes, but over half of them paid payroll taxes. if you look at the people who did not pay either federal income or payroll, that's only 18% of the population. 60% of those people are elderly. we give them a break by not taxing their social security and come unless they have a lot of other income as well. if you look at the tax system as a whole, it's basically...
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as far as gopac is concerned, we support state and local candidates. we're targeting state and local candidates in swing districts to turn out the votes from the bottom up, not the top down. host: explain that a little bit more. guest: we support the next generation of republicans, and these are republicans running primarily at the state and legislative level. we look for individuals that have leadership capabilities who someday might be speaker of the house or who would run for congress or senate sunday. those of the people we try to target. but this year in the presidential environment, we're working hard to have those candidates run strong campaigns. there's only so much that a presidential campaign can do in terms of contacting households across the country. if you have a strong legislative candidate -- state, said that, whatever -- they're the ones who knock on the doors. -- state, senate, whatever -- they are the ones who knock on the doors. host: raising money for these candidates? guest: yes, we raise money, we give them services, we train them
as far as gopac is concerned, we support state and local candidates. we're targeting state and local candidates in swing districts to turn out the votes from the bottom up, not the top down. host: explain that a little bit more. guest: we support the next generation of republicans, and these are republicans running primarily at the state and legislative level. we look for individuals that have leadership capabilities who someday might be speaker of the house or who would run for congress or...
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who have voted early so far were people who are very strong partisans and have registered with their local party. in ohio, we have data where we know that people have voted in a primary or not. by and large, people who were voting in ohio were people who have voted in primaries. these are people who are high propensity voters. they want to be assured of good they are voting for and have made up their minds and a vote in every election and a cast their ballots. that is true on both sides. as we get into this next week, we are already starting to see the numbers of people who are not registered with political parties, who don't vote in every election, and we see those people rise in numbers as we get closer to election day. we have seen a pattern in every election. this is not really crunch time. these are people who are low propensity voters and more persuade a bowl. --persuadable. obama has a greater amount of people to go after but mitt romney cannot ignore these people either. these are lower information voters and not people following the elections as closely. as many of the cspan voter
who have voted early so far were people who are very strong partisans and have registered with their local party. in ohio, we have data where we know that people have voted in a primary or not. by and large, people who were voting in ohio were people who have voted in primaries. these are people who are high propensity voters. they want to be assured of good they are voting for and have made up their minds and a vote in every election and a cast their ballots. that is true on both sides. as we...
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for every 100 ninth graders, only 70 will graduate from high school. 44 local want to college. only 30 students will enroll in the second year of college. only 21 will graduate from a four-year institution in a six- year period of time. that is not good enough to keep the united states competitive in a global economy. we are very much focused on having high expectations for all students and doing what we can to better prepare students for college success and keep those high expectations for all students coming from all different communities and social economic backgrounds. host: james montoya is vice president of college board higher education relationship development. if you would like to join the conversation, here are the numbers to call. high school students and parents can join us. republicans, 202-585-3881. democrats, 202-585-3880. independents, 202-585-3882. scotty in florida. hi. good morning. caller: i was wondering geographically in the national score which states graduated to the top? ?id you have that statistic guest: a different level of participation in the s.a.t.
for every 100 ninth graders, only 70 will graduate from high school. 44 local want to college. only 30 students will enroll in the second year of college. only 21 will graduate from a four-year institution in a six- year period of time. that is not good enough to keep the united states competitive in a global economy. we are very much focused on having high expectations for all students and doing what we can to better prepare students for college success and keep those high expectations for all...
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you can cut a budget that the state, but you will also cut the local government funds. if you are cutting education funds that make it difficult to almost put the state of ohio behind mississippi, and that is a sad case, because mississippi hardly funds the education system. there is a real struggle in making sure we get kids through college. you can balance the budget, but you balloted on the backs of the middle class and the poor, and that is a real struggle. the people now are starting to say they see through the facades of this administration and republicans attempt at holding think youoavote, and i will see a sea change. caller: we have time for two more phone calls. ash. good morning. caller: can you hear me? host: please go ahead. caller: i want to apologize for both of the gentleman to have such a lackluster attendance. a topic very interesting. i am in new york. i am talking about the issue of voter suppression, and more importantly in ohio because it is the swing state, the attention given to the voting machines, which has been proven time and time again to be
you can cut a budget that the state, but you will also cut the local government funds. if you are cutting education funds that make it difficult to almost put the state of ohio behind mississippi, and that is a sad case, because mississippi hardly funds the education system. there is a real struggle in making sure we get kids through college. you can balance the budget, but you balloted on the backs of the middle class and the poor, and that is a real struggle. the people now are starting to...